EP2865332B1 - Radiographic image system & console - Google Patents

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EP2865332B1
EP2865332B1 EP14187285.3A EP14187285A EP2865332B1 EP 2865332 B1 EP2865332 B1 EP 2865332B1 EP 14187285 A EP14187285 A EP 14187285A EP 2865332 B1 EP2865332 B1 EP 2865332B1
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  • the present invention relates to a radiographic image capturing system and a console, and especially to a console capable of displaying an icon corresponding to imaging order information, thumbnail image of a radiographic image, etc., and a radiographic image capturing system equipped with the console.
  • radiographic image capturing apparatus Flat Panel Detector: FPD
  • radiation detecting elements each converting irradiated radiation into electric charge
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus has been conventionally developed as a so-called exclusive machine integrally formed with a support and the like.
  • a portable radiographic image capturing apparatus which houses the radiation detecting elements and the like in a housing so as to be portable, is recently developed and comes into practical use.
  • a console is often introduced in order to control activation/operation of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and/or a radiation generator which emits radiation to the radiographic image capturing apparatus through an object.
  • the radiographic image capturing system is often configured such that the console performs various correcting processes including offset correction, gain correction and defective pixel correction, and/or precise image processing including gradation correction depending on an imaging portion, with respect to image data and the like obtained by the radiographic image capturing apparatus, to generate the radiographic image to provide it for a diagnosis by a doctor, or the like.
  • the inventions described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-166908 and WO2011/142157 are examples of the invention having the configuration to generate the radiographic image based on image data and the like on the console.
  • the consoles described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-166908 and WO2011/142157 when the image data and the like are transmitted to the console from the radiographic image capturing apparatus, the console automatically executes a generating process to generate the radiographic image on the basis of the image data and the like.
  • console displays icons corresponding to pieces of imaging order information regarding imaging performed by using the radiographic image capturing apparatus are displayed for the respective imaging orders, and displays, in a focused manner having a different mode from display modes of other icons, an icon corresponding to a piece of image order information regarding a currently-performed imaging or an imaging to be started.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-166908 describes displaying an arrow in the vicinity of the icon corresponding to the imaging order information regarding the currently-performed imaging or imaging to be started so that the icon is displayed in a focused manner.
  • WO2011/142157 describes that the icon, which corresponds to the imaging order information regarding the currently-performed imaging or imaging to be started, is displayed in a focused manner by being colored with a color different from those of other icons. It is also described that the focus display of the icon moves to an icon corresponding to the next imaging every time imaging ends.
  • the generated preview image and/or radiographic image at the display positions where the original icons corresponding thereto have been displayed, respectively, it becomes possible to inform an operator such as a radiologist that these images are generated based on the image data, which have been obtained by the imaging specified by the imaging order information corresponding to the icons. Also various beneficial effects can be further obtained.
  • the generated radiographic image can be definitely collated to the image order information, on the basis of which the radiographic image has been obtained.
  • an operator such as a radiologist often performs further adjusting processing (hereinafter simply referred to as an image quality adjusting process) of image quality etc., by executing fine adjustment of brightness/darkness or contrast with respect to the radiographic image which has been generated as described above and displayed on the console, though Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2000-166908 and WO2011/142157 do not clearly describe that.
  • the image which has been subjected to image quality adjustment is confirmed and correlated to the imaging order information.
  • the image quality and the like of the radiographic image generated by the console is appropriate, the image quality adjustment do not need to be executed again as a matter of course.
  • the phrase "to perform the image quality adjustment", etc. includes the case that an operator such as a radiologist judges that there is no need for the image quality adjustment and does not perform the image quality adjustment, as described above.
  • an operator accustomed to a work(s) can execute imaging of a plurality of radiographic images while successively changing the icon displayed in a focused manner, first, and then adjust image quality of each of the generated radiographic images in the order by which the operator can easily perform the processing, regardless of the order of imaging.
  • the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console are configured to allow the operator to freely do the works as described above, the operator accustomed to the works would get a feeling that the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console are easy to use.
  • the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console are configured to allow the operator to perform imaging of all the radiographic images first and then execute the image quality adjustment of all the radiographic images at once, there may be occurred a problem that the operator becomes unable to understand which of the images has been or has not been subjected to the image quality adjustment. For this reason, the operator who is not accustomed to the works would feel safer if the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console are configured to allow the operator to execute the image quality adjustment every time the imaging is performed.
  • the operator such as the radiologist executes the image quality adjustment of the radiographic image generated on the console when the imaging ends, and when the image quality adjustment is completed, performs next imaging and executes the image quality adjustment.
  • the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console configured to repeat such processing, the operator can execute the image quality adjustment at least every time the imaging is performed, and confirm the radiographic image to surely correlate the confirmed radiographic image to the imaging order information. Accordingly, it becomes possible to prevent the problem that the operator becomes unable to understand which of the images has been subjected to the image quality adjustment, and/or the problem that the operator forgets to execute the image quality adjustment, from occurring. Thus, the operator who is not accustomed to the works would feel safer if the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console have the above configuration.
  • Usability of the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console when separately executing the imaging and the image quality adjustment, or when executing the image quality adjustment after each imaging, may depend on not also whether or not the operator such as the radiologist is accustomed to the works as described above, but also a use mode of the radiographic image capturing system or the console.
  • the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console are required to be capable of accurately performing the image quality adjustment to the radiographic image, and surely correlating the radiographic image to the imaging order information, even when the operator such as the radiologist and/or the use mode of the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console change.
  • the present invention is made in view of the foregoing problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a radiographic image capturing system and/or a console which are capable of accurately performing image quality adjustment to a radiographic image, and surely correlating the radiographic image to imaging order information, even when an operator such as a radiologist and/or a use mode of the radiographic image capturing system and/or the console change.
  • a radiographic image capturing system and/or a console of the present invention has the feature of including: a radiation generator which emits radiation to an object; a radiographic image capturing apparatus which includes a plurality of radiation detecting elements arranged in a two-dimensional state, and reads out, as the image data, electric charge occurring in the radiation detection elements upon radiation emission; and a console which registers or obtains imaging order information regarding an imaging executed by using the radiographic image capturing apparatus, and generates a radiographic image based on image data transmitted from the radiographic image capturing apparatus, wherein the console includes a display section capable of displaying at least an icon corresponding to the imaging order information and a thumbnail image of the generated radiographic image, and wherein the console performs a focus display of the icon corresponding to the imaging order information regarding a currently-performed imaging, the focus display having a different mode from a display mode of another icon, and when the currently-performed imaging ends, moves the focus display of the icon to the icon corresponding to the imaging order information
  • the radiographic image capturing system and the console of the present invention it becomes possible to surely correlate the radiographic image to the imaging order information, for example, by accurately performing the image quality adjustment to the radiographic image, even when an operator such as a radiologist to use the system and/or the console, or the use mode of the console, change. Accordingly, it becomes possible to accurately prevent the problem that the operator wrongly correlates the radiographic image to the imaging order information, and/or the problem that the operator wrongly confirms the radiographic image taken by another operator, in the misguided belief that the radiographic image has been taken by the operator himself/herself.
  • a radiographic image capturing apparatus of so-called indirect type which is equipped with a scintillator or the like and converts irradiated radiation into light of other wavelengths such as visible light to obtain an electrical signal
  • the present invention can also be applied to a radiographic image capturing apparatus of so-called direct type, which directly detects radiation with radiation detecting elements, without the scintillator or the like.
  • radiographic image capturing apparatus is a so-called portable type
  • present invention can be applied to a so-called exclusive-machine type (also called as an installed type) radiographic image capturing apparatus.
  • exclusive-machine type also called as an installed type
  • the present invention is not limited to ones illustrated below.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a basic configuration of the radiographic image capturing system according to this embodiment.
  • a radiographic image capturing system 50 in which an imaging room RA and a console 58 are correlated to each other on a one-to-one basis is illustrated to explain the basic configuration of the radiographic image capturing system 50 of the embodiment.
  • the imaging room(s) RA and the console(s) 58 are correlated to each other in a mode other than the one-to-one basis will be described later.
  • the imaging room RA is a room where an object (i.e. an imaging portion of a patient) as a part of a body of the patient is irradiated with radiation to capture a radiographic image.
  • an object i.e. an imaging portion of a patient
  • the imaging room RA is sealed with lead and the like so that the radiation does not leak outside the room.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an appearance of the radiographic image capturing apparatus
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view along X-X line in FIG. 2 .
  • actual relative sizes of sections/portions are not always reflected in the relative sizes of illustrated sections/portions.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is configured such that a sensor panel SP is housed in a housing 2 including a radiation incident surface R, the sensor panel SP being composed of a scintillator 3, a sensor substrate 4, etc.
  • a power switch 37, a selection switch 38, a connector 39, an indicator 40 which is composed of LEDs and the like and displays a buttery condition, an operation condition of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, etc. and so on are disposed.
  • an antenna device 41 (see FIG. 5 to be described later) as a communication member, which wirelessly transmits image data and the like to a later-described console 58 (see FIG. 1 ), is provided by being embedded therein, or by other means.
  • a not-illustrated cable is attached to the connector 39 so that the image data and the like are transmitted to the console 58 in a wire system.
  • a base 31 is disposed in the housing 3, and the sensor substrate 4 is disposed on a radiation-incident-surface R side (hereinafter simply referred to as an upper-surface side, etc., in conformity to a vertical direction in the drawings) of the base 31 through a not-illustrated lead thin film or the like.
  • a scintillator substrate 34 is provided so that the scintillator 3 which converts the irradiated radiation into light such as visible light is disposed on the upper-surface side of the sensor substrate 4.
  • the sensor panel SP is thus composed of the base 31, the sensor substrate 4, and so on. Furthermore, in the embodiment, a cushioning 35 is provided between the sensor panel SP and each of the sides of the housing 2.
  • the sensor substrate 4 of the embodiment is composed of a glass substrate, and as illustrated in FIG. 4 , a plurality of scanning lines 5 and a plurality of signal lines 6 are arranged so as to cross each other on a surface 4A of the sensor substrate 4, the surface 4A facing the scintillator 3. In small areas S divided by the scanning lines 5 and the signal lines 6 on the surface 4A of the sensor substrate 4, a plurality of radiation detecting elements 7 are disposed, respectively.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 of the embodiment is equipped with the plurality of radiation detecting elements 7 arranged in a two-dimensional state.
  • photodiodes are used as the radiation detecting elements 7.
  • phototransistors or the like may be used.
  • Each of the radiation detecting elements 7 generates an electric charge in the inside thereof depending on an amount of the irradiated radiation, which is the visible light obtained by convering the irradiated radiation in the scintillator 3 in the case of the embodiment.
  • a Thin Film Transistor 8 is connected to each of the radiation detecting elements 7, a Thin Film Transistor (hereinafter referred to as a TFT) 8 is connected.
  • the TFT is a switch element which becomes an ON state and discharges the electric charge in each of the radiation detecting elements 7 to each of the signal lines 6 when an ON voltage is applied to each of the scanning lines 5, and becomes an OFF state and makes the electric charge, which has been generated in each of the radiation detecting elements 7, accumulated in each of the radiation detecting elements 7, when an OFF voltage is applied to each of the scanning lines 5.
  • Each of the signal lines 6 is connected to each reading circuit in a not-illustrated reading IC.
  • the electric charge which has been generated upon irradiation of radiation in each of the radiation detecting elements 7 of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, is read out as the image data D for each of the radiation detecting elements 7.
  • an area D in which the radiation detecting elements 7 are arranged in the two-dimensional state is defined as a detecting section.
  • a reverse bias voltage is applied via each of bias lines 9, and the bias lines 9 are connected to a tie line 10, as illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • Each of the scanning lines 5, the signal lines 6, the tie line 10 of the bias lines 9, and the like is connected to an input/output terminal 11, and is connected to a not-illustrated flexible circuit substrate and the like, and further to the above-described electronic components 32 and/or the reading IC, through the input/output terminal 11.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 reads out the image data D from the radiation detecting elements 7 as described above to store the image data D in a not-illustrated storage member, and extracts a piece of or pieces of image data DP from the image data D at a constant rate to transmit the extracted image data DP for preview image to the console 58.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 also repeatedly performs a processing sequence same as the processing sequence up to the reading process of the image data D in the state that the radiation is not emitted, so as to perform a reading process of offset data O, in which the offset data O due to a dark electric charge (also referred to as a dark current, etc.) accumulated in the radiation detecting elements 7 is read out from each of the radiation detecting elements 7.
  • a dark electric charge also referred to as a dark current, etc.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 of the embodiment transmits the remaining image data D other than the image data DP for preview image, and the read-out offset data O, to the console 58.
  • the image data DP for preview image, image data D, the offset data O, etc. are transmitted to the console 58 via a connector 51B (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 ) of the Bucky device 51, which is connected to the connector 39, in the wire system.
  • the image data DP for preview image and the like are wirelessly transmitted to the console 58 via the above-described antenna device 41.
  • the order of transmission is not limited to the above-described order.
  • the Bucky device 51 of the embodiment is capable of being used in the state that the portable radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is loaded into a cassette holding section (also referred to as a cassette holder) 51A.
  • a Bucky device 51Y for standing position imaging and a Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging as the Bucky devices 51, in the imaging room RA.
  • the present invention may be applied to a case where only the Bucky device 51Y for standing position imaging is disposed, or a case where only the Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging is disposed.
  • Each of the Bucky devices 51 of the embodiment is configured to be also capable of being used in the state that a conventional CR cassette is loaded into the cassette holding section 51A, and an existing Bucky device installed for the CR cassette in the imaging room RA may be used.
  • the above-described radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is configured to have the same size as the CR cassette.
  • the CR cassette is formed so as to have a certain size such as 35.56cm (14 inch) ⁇ 43.18cm (17 inch) (size of paper cut in half) in conformity to a JIS standard size of a conventional screen film cassette, the JIS standard corresponding to the international standard, IEC 60406.
  • the CR cassette is also formed so as to have a thickness, in a radiation incident direction, in a range from 13 mm to 16 mm.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 in order to enable the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 to be loaded into the Bucky device 51, to which the CR cassette having the JIS standard size can be loaded, also the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is formed so as to have a certain size in conformity to the JIS standard of the screen film cassette, similarly to the CR cassette in conformity to the JIS standard.
  • the present invention is not limited to the case where the Bucky device for CR cassette is used as the Bucky device 51.
  • the connector 51B which is to be automatically connected to the connector 39 (see FIG. 2 ) of the loaded radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, may be disposed, for example, in the inside of the cassette holding section 51A of the Bucky device 51.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the case of the Bucky device 51Y for standing position imaging, the same can be said for the case of the Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging.
  • the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 may be configured so as to receive a power supply from the Bucky device 51.
  • the battery 24 (see FIG. 3 ) supplies power to each functional section of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1.
  • the Bucky device 51 when the connector 51B (see FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 ) of the Bucky device 51 and the connector 39 of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 are connected to each other, the Bucky device 51 reads out a cassette ID, which is identification information of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, from the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, and correlates the cassette ID of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 to a Bucky ID which is identification information of the Bucky device 51 itself to transmits those to the console 58.
  • a cassette ID which is identification information of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1
  • a Bucky ID which is identification information of the Bucky device 51 itself to transmits those to the console 58.
  • one(1) radiation source 52 of the radiation generator 57 which emits the radiation to an object, in the imaging room RA.
  • one(1) radiation source 52A is disposed, for example, by being suspended from a ceiling of the imaging room RA, and at the time of imaging, the radiation source 52A is activated based on an instruction from the console 58 and is moved to a predetermined position by a not-illustrated moving member.
  • the portable radiation source 52B can be carried to an arbitrary position in the imaging room RA, and can emit the radiation in an arbitrary direction.
  • the radiation can be emitted from a proper distance and/or in a proper direction while putting the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 on a body portion of a patient as an object, or while inserting the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 between a patient body and a top panel of the Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging and/or a not-illustrated bed, in an independent state (in the state of not being loaded into the Bucky device 51).
  • the imaging room RA is sealed with lead or the like as described above, the information such as the image data D cannot be transmitted/received as it is, even when trying to transmit/receive such information from/with the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 via the antenna device 41, in the imaging room RA.
  • a repeater also referred to as a base station, etc.
  • an access point 53 to relay wire or wireless communication when the apparatuses/devices in the imaging room RA, such as the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, communicate with apparatuses/devices outside the imaging room RA, such as the console 58, in a wire or wireless system.
  • the repeater 54 includes therein a not-illustrated convertor which converts signals and the like used for Local Area Network (LAN) communication for transmission from the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 and/or the console, etc. to the radiation generator 57, into the signals and the like for the radiation generator 57, and vice versa.
  • LAN Local Area Network
  • a cradle 55 is connected to the repeater 54 of the embodiment.
  • the cassette ID is reported to the repeater 54 from the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 through the cradle 55.
  • the repeater 54 informs the console 58 of the cassette ID.
  • the cradle 55 is generally used to house and/or charge the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 or the like. Also in the embodiment, the cradle 55 may be configured so as to have a charging function and the like. Moreover, though FIG. 7 illustrates the cradle 5 having two insertion holes into which the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 may be inserted, but there may be one(1) insertion hole, or three or more insertion holes.
  • the cradle 55 may be disposed in either of the imaging room RA and a front room RB. In the case that the cradle 55 is disposed in the imaging room RA, the cradle 55 is disposed at a position at which the radiation emitted from the radiation generator 52 does not arrive, for example, at a corner position of the imaging room RA.
  • a tag reader 60 for example, in the vicinity of a door of the front room RB as illustrated in FIG. 8 , as a detecting member to detect the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 brought into the imaging room RA and/or the front room RB to report the cassette ID to the console 58, instead of using the cradle 55 as the embodiment.
  • a not-illustrated tag such as a so-called Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag is previously contained in the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, the tag previously storing specific information such as the cassette ID of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1.
  • RFID Radio Frequency IDentification
  • the tag reader 60 may read the information such as the cassette ID from the tag of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 to report the cassette ID to the console 58.
  • the radiation generator 57 equipped with an exposure switch 56 to instruct the radiation source 52 to start radiation emission, etc.
  • the radiation generator 57 applies the set tube voltage and/or tube current to the radiation source 52 to activate the same so that the radiation source 52 emits the radiation of dose corresponding to the set tube voltage or the like, for the set irradiation time.
  • setting of the tube voltage and the like to the radiation generator 57 may be performed on an operator station 57.
  • such setting may be performed also on the console 58.
  • the console 58 is disposed in the front room RB in the embodiment, and is composed of a not-illustrated Central Processing Unit (CPU), Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), a computer including an input/output interface, etc. connected to a bus, and so on.
  • the ROM stores predetermined programs.
  • the console 58 reads out a necessary program to expand it in a work area of the RAM, and executes various processes according to the program.
  • the console 58 does not always need to be composed of a general-purpose computer, and may be composed of, for example, a dedicated device.
  • the console 58 is equipped with a display section 58A which is composed of a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LDC), and so on.
  • a not-illustrated input member such as a keyboard and a mouse, etc. are connected.
  • a storage member 59 composed of a hard disk and the like is connected to the console 58.
  • other computers, and/or external devices such as an imager which records the radiographic image based on the image data output from the console 58 in an image recording medium such as a film and outputs the radiographic image, are connected to the console 58 via an LAN or the like.
  • the console 58 When the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is brought into the imaging room RA and inserted as described above, and when the cassette ID and the like of the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is transmitted to the console 58 from the cradle 55 or the tag reader 60 via the repeater 54, the console 58 stores the cassette ID in the storage member 59, and recognizes/manages the fact that the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 having the cassette ID has been brought into the imaging room RA or the front room RB, as described above.
  • the console 58 correlates the Bucky ID to the cassette ID stored in the storage member 59 to store them together.
  • the console 58 recognizes/manages whether or not the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is loaded into the Bucky device 51, which of the radiographic image capturing apparatuses 1 is loaded into the Bucky device 51, and to which of the Bucky devices 51 the radiographic image capturing apparatuses 1 is loaded, when the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is loaded into the Bucky device 51 to be used.
  • the console 58 reads a bar cord attached to the CR cassette to recognize/manage which of the CR cassettes is loaded into the Bucky device 51, and to which of the Bucky devices 51 the CR cassettes is loaded.
  • a not-illustrated Hospital Information System (HIS) and/or a Radiology Information System (RIS) are connected via a network.
  • HIS Hospital Information System
  • RIS Radiology Information System
  • patient information is registered.
  • imaging order information in which information necessary for capturing a predetermined radiographic image for an individual patient is previously set, is registered.
  • the imaging order information is composed of, as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10 , a "Patient ID” P2, "Patient Name” P3, “Sex” P4, "Age” P5 and “Hospital Department” P6 as the patient information, and an "Imaging Portion” P7 and “Imaging Direction” P8 as imaging conditions, and so on.
  • a column of "Bucky ID” P9 is provided as information indicating whether or not imaging is performed in the state that the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is loaded into the Bucky device 51.
  • the Bucky IDs are described in the column of P9 when the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is loaded into the Bucky device 51.
  • the Bucky IDs "001" and “002" indicate the Bucky device 51Y for standing position imaging and the Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging, respectively, and the Bucky ID "003" indicates that the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is used independently without being loaded into the Bucky device 51.
  • the Bucky IDs for example, it is possible to describe design/drawing patterns representing the Bucky device 51Y for standing position imaging, the Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging, and/or the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 alone, respectively in the column of P9 of the imaging order information, so that they can be immediately grasped at a glance.
  • Imaging Order IDs P1 are automatically allocated, in the order of registration of imaging orders.
  • the contents of the patient information and/or the imaging condition written in the imaging order information are not limited to the above contents.
  • the imaging order information may include other information such as a birth date of a patient, a frequency of medical examination, a radiation dose and information about whether a patient is fat or thin.
  • the console 58 obtains necessary imaging order information and the like from the RIS and/or HIS, by operation of the operator such as the radiologist, when the imaging order information and the like have been registered in the RIS and/or HIS.
  • the imaging order information may be registered/input in the console 58 itself by using a dedicated terminal, not in the RIS and/or HIS.
  • the console 58 obtains the imaging order information from the storage member 59 in which the imaging order information has been registered/input and stored.
  • the console 58 When the console 58 obtains the imaging order information, the console 58 displays a list of pieces of the imaging order information as a selection screen H1 in the display section 58A of the console 8, as illustrated in FIG. 10 .
  • the console 58 displays a list of pieces of the imaging order information as a selection screen H1 in the display section 58A of the console 8, as illustrated in FIG. 10 .
  • the case of displaying a plurality of pieces of imaging order information relating to one(1) patient will be described.
  • the selection screen H1 includes an imaging order information display field H11 in which the list of pieces of the imaging order information is displayed, and selection buttons H12 for selecting each piece of the imaging order information for the imaging to be performed are disposed near the left side of the imaging order information display field H11, correspondingly to the respective pieces of the imaging order information. Additionally, there are provided an enter button H13 and a return button H14 below the imaging order information display field H11.
  • the console 58 of the embodiment displays, for example, the screen H2 in the display section 58A as illustrated in FIG. 11 , when the operator such as the radiologist clicks the selection buttons H12 to select all of the four pieces of the imaging order information, and then clicks the enter button H13.
  • a display working space S in which a preview image P_PRE, a radiographic image P, etc. generated by the console 58 are displayed.
  • various button icons BI which enables then operator such as the radiologist to adjust an image quality of the radiographic image P generated by the console 58 by finely adjusting brightness/darkness, contrast, and the like of the image, namely, to perform the above-described image quality adjusting process to the radiographic image P generated by the console 58.
  • the button icons BI are displayed only when the display working space S is valid, namely, displayed.
  • a configuration where the button icons BI are always displayed but the operations to the button icons BI become effective only when the display working space is valid may be adopted.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates the example where the icons I are arranged in the order of the "Imaging Order IDs" P1 (see FIG. 10 , etc.), namely in the order of registration, the icons I may be arranged in another order.
  • the present invention is also not limited to the case that the icons I are displayed while being arranged in the longitudinal direction, and a way of displaying the icons I may be arbitrary determined.
  • the console 58 displays the icon(s) I corresponding to piece or pieces of the imaging order information relating to the currently-executed imaging in a focused manner having a different mode from display modes of other icons I.
  • the icon I is displayed in the focused manner by being enclosed with a frame, as illustrated in FIG. 11 .
  • the focus display is performed by displaying the frame with a black color in FIG. 11 , actually, the whole of the screen H2 and/or the icon I are often displayed with a black color or dark gray.
  • the focus display is executed by enclosing the icon I with a frame of bright color, and thereby the operator such as the radiologist can easily and accurately recognize the focused icon I.
  • the way of executing the focus display is not limited to enclosing the icon I with the frame as described above.
  • the icon I is displayed while coloring it with a color different from those of other icons I, making the focused icon I blink on and off, changing a display position of the focused icon I on the screen H2, or zooming-up and displaying may be adopted.
  • the focus display is not limited to the specific means.
  • the console 58 makes the focus display of the icon I move from the icon I corresponding to the imaging order information relating to the imaging which has been executed until then, to the icon I (hereinafter simply referred to as the icon I of a next imaging) corresponding to the imaging order information relating to the next imaging.
  • the focus display of the icon I move in the order of registration of pieces of the imaging order information, namely, in the order of the "Imaging Order IDs" P1 (see FIG. 10 , etc.).
  • the console 58 of the embodiment performs the transition of the focus display of the icon I by the way described in the above-described WO2011/142157 . Concretely, the console 58 judges to which of the Bucky devices 51 the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 is currently loaded, which of the radiation sources 52 (see FIG.
  • the radiation generator 57 has been activated, which of the Bucky devices 51 is to be irradiated with the radiation, etc., and selects the icon I by which the imaging can be performed without changing the current statues of the apparatuses/devices, or by which the imaging can be performed with the minimum change of the statuses, so as to execute the focus display of the icon I.
  • console 58 is configured so as to automatically move the focus display of the icon I as described above, for example, when the operator such as the radiologist clicks the specific icon I and the same is displayed in the focused manner, it is also possible to perform the focused display of the icon I specified by the operator, not the icon I which the console 58 has automatically selected.
  • the console 58 thus automatically moves the focus display of the icon I, or performs the focus display of the icon I according to the instruction of the operator as described above, and then transmits the predetermined information including the tube voltage and/or irradiation time (and the tube current, if it needs to be set) to the radiation generator 57 (see FIG. 1 ), on the basis of the imaging conditions (i.e. the "Imaging Portion” P7, "Imaging Direction” P8, etc.) specified by the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I displayed in the focused manner.
  • the console 58 of the embodiment automatically executes the setting of the tube voltage and the like to the radiation generator 57, on the basis of the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I to which the focus display has been moved, every time the focus display of the icon I is moved.
  • the radiation generator 57 makes preparations, by activating the unactivated radiation source 52, changing the tube voltage which needs to be changed, or other means, so that the imaging specified by the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I, to which the focus display has been moved, can be swiftly performed.
  • the radiation generator 57 automatically makes preparations for the next imaging, without waiting for the preparation by the operator, when the tube voltage and the like are set by the console 58, the operator can promptly start the next imaging, and thereby the advantage that the next imaging can be swiftly performed is obtained.
  • the imaging specified by the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I displayed in the focused manner on the screen H2 of the console 58 is performed as described above, and when the image data DP for preview image is transmitted from the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1, the console 58 generates the preview image P_PRE based on the image data DP for preview image. The console 8 then displays the generated preview image P_PRE in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2.
  • the console 58 shifts the processing to a generating process of the radiographic image P immediately after displaying the preview image P_PRE.
  • the console 58 judges that the preview image P_PRE is approved by the operator.
  • an operator such as a radiologist who has seen the displayed preview image P_PRE can approve the preview image P_PRE, without waiting for a lapse of the predetermined time period, for example, by clicking a not-illustrated "OK" button icon or the like.
  • the console 58 instructs the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 to stop the operation executed at that time, and to start processing for retaking, such as resetting the radiation detecting elements 7.
  • the console 58 also performs processing such as deleting, from the storage member 59 (see FIG. 1 ), the image data DP for preview image and/or the image data D transmitted from the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 for the current imaging, because they are not necessary in the next imaging.
  • the timing of displaying the thumbnail image PT of the preview image P_PRE in the space ST in the vicinity of the icon I may be same as the timing of displaying the preview image P_PRE in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2, or may be a point of time when a predetermined time has passed since the preview image P_PRE is displayed in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2, and thereby the preview image P_PRE is regarded as being approved by the operator.
  • the console 58 thus generates the preview image P_PRE and displays the thumbnail image PT thereof in the space ST, and subsequently performs the generating processing of the radiographic image P on the basis of the transmitted image data D and the like.
  • the console 58 displays the thumbnail image PT of the generated radiographic image P so as to overwrite the above-described thumbnail image PT of the preview image P_PRE displayed in the space ST.
  • the console 58 displays the thumbnail images PT of the preview image P_PRE and the radiographic image P in the focused manner, similarly to the above-described focus display of the icon I.
  • the thumbnail images PT of the preview image P_PRE and the generated radiographic image P are displayed in the focused manner, in a different way from those of other thumbnail images, by being enclosed with the frame, or other means.
  • the radiographic image P is displayed so as to overwrite the image in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2, and displays the thumbnail image PT of the radiographic image P to overwrite the thumbnail image PT of the preview image P_PRE displayed in the space ST.
  • the console 58 moves the focus display of the thumbnail image PT to a position of the space ST in which the thumbnail image of the preview image P_PRE or the radiographic image P generated based on the image data D obtained by the next imaging is to be displayed.
  • the displayed overwritten radiographic image P is regarded as being confirmed (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "deemed confirmation") by the operator, at the time point when the predetermined time has passed since the overwritten/displayed radiographic image P is displayed in the display working space S, and the focus display of the thumbnail image PT is moved to the position of the space ST in which the thumbnail image of the preview image P_PRE or the radiographic image P generated based on the image data D obtained by the next imaging is to be displayed.
  • the radiographic image P is correlated to the imaging order information even when the deemed confirmation of the radiographic image P is thus performed.
  • the console 58 has two modes of a first transition mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT are performed concurrently, and a second transition mode in which each of the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT may be independently performed.
  • the console 58 can switch the transition mode of the focus displays between the first transition mode and the second transition mode.
  • the console 58 controls the way of displaying in the screen H2 so that the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT are performed concurrently as described above.
  • the console 58 displays the generated radiographic image P so as to overwrite the preview image P_PRE displayed in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2, and displays the thumbnail image PT of the generated radiographic image P so as to overwrite the thumbnail image PT of the preview image P_PRE displayed in the space ST in the vicinity of the icon I.
  • the enter button namely, e.g. clicks the "OK" button icon
  • the console 58 immediately confirms the radiographic image P and correlates it to the imaging order information, as described above.
  • the console 58 moves the focus display of the icon I to the icon I of the next imaging (i.e. the next imaging in the order of registration of pieces of the imaging order information, or the next imaging when the transition is performed so that the amount of change from the previous imaging state becomes minimum, as described above), and at the same time, moves the focus display of the thumbnail image PT to the position of the space ST in which the thumbnail image PT is displayed in the vicinity of the icon I of the next imaging.
  • the operator such as the radiologist does not operate the button icon BI for the image quality adjustment or does not click a not-illustrated "NG" button even when the radiographic image P is displayed in the display working space S on the screen H2
  • the focus display of the icon I and the focus display of the thumbnail image PT are moved to the position of the icon I of the next imaging and the position of the space ST displaying the thumbnail image PT in the vicinity of the icon I of the next imaging, respectively, as illustrated in FIG. 13 .
  • the console 58 moves the focus images to the icon I specified by the operator and the position of the space ST displaying the thumbnail image PT in the vicinity of the icon I simultaneously, as described above.
  • the console 58 transmits the predetermined information such as the tube voltage to the radiation generator 57 (see FIG. 1 ), on the basis of the imaging conditions specified by the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I of the next imaging, so as to execute the setting of the tube voltage and the like to the radiation generator 57.
  • the console 58 controls the way of displaying in the screen H2 so that each of the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT is performed independently, as described above.
  • the focus display of the icon I is instantly moved to the icon I of the next imaging at that time.
  • the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT is not performed because the radiographic image P has not been generated at that time.
  • the focus display of the icon I is firstly moved to the icon I of the next imaging.
  • the way of moving the focus display of the icon I may be arbitrary determined.
  • the focus display of the icon I may be moved in the order of registration of pieces of the imaging order information, or may be moved so that the amount of change from the previous imaging state becomes minimum, e.g. may be moved to the icon I of imaging performed by using the same Bucky device.
  • the console 8 then completes the generating process of the radiographic image P, displays the radiographic image P so as to overwrite the image in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2, and displays the thumbnail image PT of the radiographic image P so as to overwrite the image in the space S in the vicinity of the icon I.
  • the console 58 moves the focus display to the position of the space ST, which displays the thumbnail image PT, in the vicinity of the icon I of the next imaging, as illustrated in FIG. 14B .
  • the console 58 transmits the predetermined information such as the tube voltage to the radiation generator 57 on the basis of the imaging conditions specified by the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I of the next imaging, so as to perform the setting of the tube voltage and the like to the radiation generator 57.
  • the console 58 moves each of the focus displays to the icon I instructed by the operator or to the thumbnail image PT instructed by the operator, independently from each other, as described above.
  • the operator such as the radiologist executes the above-described image quality adjustment of the radiographic image P on the screen H2 as necessary, and then confirms the radiographic image P, for example, by clicking the not-illustrated "OK" button icon on the screen H2, when it can be judged that the radiographic image P is a proper image as a medical image to be provided for diagnosis.
  • the console 58 correlates the radiographic image P to the imaging order information (i.e. the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I adjacent to the thumbnail image PT of the radiographic image P) based on which the radiographic image P has been captured, and temporarily stores them in the storage member 59 (see FIG. 1 ).
  • the imaging order information i.e. the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I adjacent to the thumbnail image PT of the radiographic image P
  • the console 58 appropriately performs post-imaging processing such as transmitting the radiographic image P correlated to the imaging order information and the like to a predetermined location such as a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and a Quality Assurance (QA) station, for each imaging, or at a set timing such as a point of time when a series of imaging processes ends.
  • a predetermined location such as a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and a Quality Assurance (QA) station
  • the focus display of the icon I and the focus display of the thumbnail image PT are moved separately while the operator goes back and forth between the imaging room RA where imaging is performed and the front room RB (see FIG. 1 ).
  • the operator who is not accustomed to the works becomes unable to understand which of the images has not been subjected to the image quality adjustment.
  • the operator replaces the images with one another by manual operation, and wrongly correlates the image to the imaging order information.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58 have the configurations of the embodiment, by setting the first transition mode as the transition mode of the focus display of the console 58, it becomes possible to perform setting so that the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT are executed concurrently, as illustrated in FIG. 13 .
  • the focus displays of the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT are not immediately moved even when the preview image P_PRE displayed on the screen H2 of the console 58 is approved, and the state in which the icon I of the imaging which has been executed until then is displayed in the focused manner is maintained.
  • the operator not accustomed to the works can recognize which of the icons I corresponds to the radiographic image P currently subjected to the generating process by the console 58, and when the radiographic image P is displayed in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2, the operator can understand that the displayed radiographic image P is the radiographic image P taken by the radiographic imaging executed based on the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I under the focus display.
  • the operator can accurately confirm the radiographic image P while looking at the radiographic image P displayed on the screen H2 of the console, after performing the image quality adjusting process of the radiographic image P as necessary.
  • the operator can accurately correlate the confirmed radiographic image P to the imaging order information corresponding to the icon I displayed in the focused manner.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58 of [Example 1] even the operator not accustomed to the works can accurately adjust the image quality of the radiographic image P and surely correlate the radiographic image P to the imaging order information, by setting the first transition mode as the transition mode of the focus display. Furthermore, the operator not accustomed to the works can perform the above works at ease, and the problems that the operator wrongly correlates the radiographic image P and the imaging order information to each other, and/or forgets to perform the image quality adjustment can be properly prevented. Accordingly, the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58 becomes convenience for such operator.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 and the console 58 are configured as described in the embodiment, by selecting and setting the second transition mode (see FIGS. 14A and 14B ) as the transition mode of the focus displays of the console 58, it becomes possible to perform the setting of the tube voltage and the like to the radiation generator 57 for the next imaging more quickly, and thereby the operator can execute one imaging after another.
  • the console 58 when the first transition mode is set as the transition mode of the focus display as described above (see [Example 1], for example), the console 58 firstly displays the preview image P_PRE. The console 58 does not move the focus display of the icon I to the icon I of the next imaging until the predetermined time has passed since then, and until the predetermined time has passed since the radiographic image P has been generated and displayed. By this, the timing to transmit the information such as the tube voltage for the next imaging becomes a timing after the predetermined time has passed since the radiographic image P has been displayed.
  • the console 58 moves the focus display of the icon I to the icon I of the next imaging at a point of time when the predetermined time has passed since the preview image P_PRE has been displayed (without waiting generation and display of the radiographic image P).
  • the timing to transmit the information such as the tube voltage for the next imaging becomes earlier than that in the case of the first transition mode.
  • the setting of the tube voltage and the like to the radiation generator 57 is already completed, and the radiation generator 57 swiftly becomes ready for the next imaging. Accordingly, the operator can successively capture the radiographic images.
  • the console 58 automatically moves the focus display of the thumbnail image PT to the thumbnail image PT (more accurately, the space ST in which the thumbnail image PT is displayed) corresponding to the icon I of the next imaging, at a point of time when the predetermined time has passed since the generated radiographic image P has been displayed.
  • the focus display of the thumbnail image PT moves so as to follow the transition of the focus display of the icon I on the screen H2.
  • the focus displays of the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT can be manually moved by the operator, for example, by clicking the icon I or the thumbnail image PT, as described above.
  • the operator can move the focus display of the thumbnail image PT by the operation such as clicking the thumbnail image PT, and perform the confirming process of the radiographic image P, which has not been subjected to the confirming process corresponding to the thumbnail image PT, namely, which has been unconfirmed.
  • the generated but unconfirmed radiographic image P is displayed in the display working space S in the center of the screen H2. Moreover, by executing the confirming process of the radiographic image P after executing the image quality adjusting process as necessary, the radiographic image P is confirmed and accurately correlated to the corresponding imaging order information.
  • the operator accustomed to the works can accurately perform the image quality adjustment to the radiographic image P, and reliably correlate the radiographic image P to the imaging order information.
  • the second transition mode as the transition mode of the focus display
  • the operator accustomed to the works can successively image the radiographic images. Accordingly, imaging efficiency can be further improved and the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58 become easier to be used by such operator.
  • the console 58 can be configured to set the transition mode of the focus displays to the first transition mode or the second transition mode, depending on the operator who performs processing by using the console 58, namely, depending on whether or not the operator is accustomed to the works (i.e. depending on workmanship/skill of the operator).
  • each piece of identification information such as a name and/or ID of the operator is correlated to any of the transition modes, so that when the identification information of the operator is input prior to the imaging, the console 58 refers to the table to automatically set the transition mode correlated to the operator on the basis of the input identification information.
  • the operator who is not accustomed to the works can move the focus displays of the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT in the first transition mode, and the operator who is accustomed to the works can move the focus displays of the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT in the second transition mode, and thereby the effects described in [Example 1] and [Example 2] can be effectively produced, respectively.
  • the correlation between each piece of the identification information of the operator and each of the transition modes can be appropriately updated, for example, depending on the number of times of the imaging using the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58, depending on the fact that the operator has passed a technical skills test, and/or depending on whether or not the operator has voluntarily made a declaration. It is also preferable that the transition mode can be switched as needed, when the operator has voluntarily made the declaration. According to such configuration, the transition mode can be arbitrary changed depending on workmanship/preference of the operator, and thereby efficiency/certainty of the works can be improved.
  • the transition mode of the focus displays is switched between the first transition mode and the second transition mode after the imaging is started, depending on the status of the imaging order information. For example, when the imaging order information instructing to capture a plurality of images of one(1) patient is mixed in the middle of a series of pieces of imaging order information each instructing to image one(1) image of one(1) patient, there is expected a use mode where the transition mode is changed to the second transition mode to prioritize the imaging of the plurality of images in order to release the patient from a restraining state for the imaging in an early stage, and the transition mode is then returned to the first transition mode when the imaging of the plurality of images ends in order to prevent mistakes from occurring in the correlation. In such a case, for example, it is preferable to make the transition mode capable of being switched when a photographer such as a radiologist operates a not-illustrated transition mode changing button.
  • the transition mode is automatically set to the first transition mode.
  • the transition mode may be automatically set to the second transition mode.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 illustrated in FIG. 1 With respect to the radiographic image capturing system 50 illustrated in FIG. 1 , the case where one(1) person as the operator such as the radiologist goes back and forth between the imaging room RA and the front room RB to perform the imaging, the image quality adjusting process and/or the confirming process, is described. However, for example, there may also be a case where the works are shared so that one operator (e.g. a radiologist having little experience) performs the imaging and another operator (e.g. an upper class radiologist) performs the image quality adjusting process and the confirming process.
  • one operator e.g. a radiologist having little experience
  • another operator e.g. an upper class radiologist
  • the operator executing the imaging is expected to wish to successively image the radiographic images while entrusting the different operator to execute the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like.
  • the operator executing the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like is expected to wish to perform the image quality adjusting process and the confirming process of the radiographic image P independently from the imaging executed by the different operator.
  • the operator who executes the imaging in the imaging room RA is different from the operator who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like by using the console 58, it is preferable to set at least the transition mode of the focus display on the screen H2 of the console 58 to the second transition mode. Concretely, it is preferable to perform setting such that each of the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT of the preview image P_PRE or the radiographic image P, the thumbnail image PT being displayed in the vicinity of the icon I, is performed independently.
  • each of the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of focus display of the thumbnail image PT can be performed independently.
  • the operator who executes the imaging in the imaging room RA can move the focus display of the icon I, while the operator who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P, etc., on the console 58 can move the focus display of the thumbnail image PT.
  • each of the operators can freely perform his/her task without being bound by the works of other operators.
  • the operator who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P, etc. can accurately perform the image quality adjustment to the radiographic image P and can confirm the radiographic image P so that the confirmed radiographic image P is certainly correlated to the imaging order information, and at the same time, the operator who executes the imaging can successively capture the radiographic images P because he/she does not need perform the confirming processes of the radiographic images P. Accordingly, imaging efficiency can be further improved.
  • the console 58 may be configured to set the transition mode of the focus displays to either the first transition mode or the second transition mode, depending on whether the operator who executes the imaging in the imaging room RA is the same or different person as/from the operator who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P, etc., on the console 58.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 is configured such that the operator such as the radiologist, who executes the imaging, bothers to move to the location of the console 58 in the front room RB in order to perform the transition of the focus display of the icon I, and/or requests another operator, who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P, etc., on the console 58, to perform the transition of the focus display of the icon I, there is a possibility that working efficiency is lowered.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 so as to make the operator executing the imaging carry, for example, a portable terminal 61 illustrated in FIG. 15 , and to make the portable terminal 61 display the icon I, which is same as the icon I displayed in the console 58, in a screen 61A of the portable terminal 61.
  • the portable terminal 61 may be configured, for example, such that the thumbnail image PT of the preview image P_PRE is displayed in the vicinity of the icon I, as illustrated in FIG. 15 , similarly to the case of the console 58.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 may be configured such that when the operator looking at the preview image P_PRE judges that the retake is necessary, the portable terminal 61 transmits a signal(s) to the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 though the console 58, or directly, to instruct the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 to start preparation for the retake. Also the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 may be configured to transmit the image data DP for preview image to the portable terminal 61 directly, or through the console 58.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 is configured so that the operator, who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P, etc., on the console 58, can move the focus display of the icon I, there is a possibility that the focus display of the icon I is moved despite the intention of the operator who executes the imaging, and this may cause confusion during the imaging. In this case, there may be a situation that the generated radiographic image P is wrongly correlated to uncorresponding imaging order information.
  • the focus display of the icon I cannot be moved in the console 58 in this case, it is also possible to configure the radiographic image capturing system 50 such that also the focus display of the icon I moves on the screen H2 of the console 58 so as to follow the transition/movement of the focus display of the icon I on the screen 61A of the portable terminal 61 performed by the operator who executes the imaging. In this case, it is also possible to configure the console 58 such that the focus display of the icon I is not performed, namely, such that only the icons I not to be displayed in the focused manner are displayed.
  • Such configuration can accurately prevent the operator, who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like, from moving the focus display of the icon I, despite the intention of the operator who executes the imaging, and the operator who executes the imaging can accurately perform the imaging without confusion.
  • the configuration can also prevent the generated radiographic image P from being wrongly correlated to the uncorresponding imaging order information, and thereby the radiographic image P can be certainly correlated to the imaging order information.
  • the portable terminal 61 may be configured such that the operator can perform the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT on the screen 61A of the portable terminal 61, independently from or with no relation to the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT in the console 58.
  • Example 3 can also be applied, for example, to the radiographic image capturing system 50 in which a plurality of imaging rooms RA are correlated to one(1) console 58, as illustrated in FIG. 16 .
  • the operators who execute the imaging exist in the imaging room RA1 and the imaging room RA2 illustrated in FIG. 16 , respectively, and each of the operators successively captures the radiographic images.
  • the consoles 58 may perform the generating processes of the radiographic images P which have been taken in the imaging room RA1 and the imaging room RA2, the consoles 58 being correlated to the imaging room RA1 and the imaging room RA2, respectively, and disposed outside the imaging rooms.
  • the operators allocated to the consoles 58, respectively, can successively execute the image quality adjusting processes and/or the confirming processes of these radiographic images P.
  • the transition mode of the focus displays in the console 58 and/or the portable terminals 61 carried by the operators in the imaging rooms RA1, RA2 is set to the second mode, namely, the transition mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I is executed independently from the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT.
  • the focus display of the icon I and the focus display of the thumbnail image PT can move independently from each other. Accordingly, each of the operators who execute the imaging in the imaging rooms RA1, RA2 can freely move the focus display of the icon I, and each of the operators who execute the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like on the console 58 can freely move the focus display of the thumbnail image P, and thereby each of them can perform his/her task without being bound by the works of other operators.
  • the operator who executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like can accurately execute the image quality adjustment to the radiographic image P, can confirm the radiographic image P, and can certainly correlate the confirmed radiographic image P to the imaging order information, and the operator who executes the imaging can successively image the radiographic images P at his/her own pace because he/she does not need to perform the confirming process of the radiographic image P, and thereby imaging efficiency can be further improved.
  • the operators in the imaging rooms RA may share roles to perform the imaging, for example, by executing in the imaging room RA1 only the imaging using the Bucky device 51Y for standing position imaging, and executing in the imaging room RA2 only the imaging using the Bucky device 51X for lying position imaging, or executing in the imaging room RA2 only the imaging using the radiographic image capturing apparatus 1 which is not loaded into the Bucky device 51 and is used independently.
  • the console 58 may determine, on the basis of the "Bucky ID" P9 (see FIG. 10 , etc.) described in the series of pieces of the imaging order information obtained from the RIS and the like, which of the imaging rooms includes the Bucky device 51 having the Bucky ID, namely, which of the imaging rooms is used for the imaging related to the imaging order information, and may allocate the imaging order information to the determined imaging room to transmit the imaging order information thereto.
  • Each of the imaging rooms RA1, RA2 may be used for each patient.
  • the console 58 may discriminate pieces of the imaging order information from one another for each patient, and simultaneously transmit a piece of or pieces of the imaging order information for each patient, to each of the imaging rooms.
  • the console 58 may transmit the common imaging order information to the imaging rooms RA1, RA2, and the portable terminal 61 in each of the imaging rooms RA may discriminate necessary imaging order information from the others. In this case, it is needless to say that mutual exclusion is performed so that the imaging order information selected by one(1) portable terminal 61 cannot be selected by other portable terminals 61.
  • an operator A uses the imaging room RA3 to perform the imaging
  • an operator B uses the imaging room RA4 to perform the imaging
  • the operator A and the operator B share one(1) console 58 correlated to each of the imaging rooms RA3, RA4 to perform the confirming processes of the radiographic images P, respectively.
  • the transition mode of the focus displays in the console 58 is set to the second transition mode, namely, the mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I is performed independently from the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT, and the operator can move each of the focus display of the icon I and the focus display of the thumbnail image PT independently from each other.
  • a state of confusion may be occur, such that the operator confirms the radiographic image, which is not handled by the operator himself/herself, and correlates the confirmed radiographic image P to the imaging order information, without asking, and/or such that the operator forgets to perform the confirming process of the radiographic image P and/or correlation to the imaging order information.
  • the plural operators share one(1) console 58, namely, when each of the operators performs both of the imaging and the confirming process of the radiographic image P, without sharing the roles such as the imaging and the confirming process of the radiographic image P, it is preferable to adopt the configuration to set the transition mode of the focus displays in the console 58 to the first transition mode, namely, the transition mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT are performed concurrently.
  • the operator who has executed the imaging in the imaging room RA, moves to the location of the console 58, and instantly performs the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like to correlate the radiographic image P to the imaging order information, then and there. Then, the operator, who perform the imaging next, concurrently performs the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT to declare that the operator himself/herself will execute the next imaging, and immediately after the imaging has been performed, executes the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like to correlate the radiographic image P to the imaging order information.
  • Such works are repeatedly performed.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58 of [Example 5] by setting the first transition mode as the transition mode of the focus displays, the state of confusion where the operator makes the radiographic image P, which is not in his/her charge, confirmed, without asking, and correlates it to the imaging order information, and/or confusion where the operator forgets to correlate the radiographic image P to the imaging order information, can be prevented from occurring. Accordingly, the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like are accurately performed and the radiographic image P is certainly correlated to the imaging order information.
  • the console 58 may be configured to set the transition mode of the focus displays to the first transition mode or the second transition mode, depending on the use mode of the console 58, for example, depending on whether it is in the use mode in which the operators share the roles to perform the imaging and the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like, or in the use mode in which each of the operators performs the imaging and the confirming process of the radiographic image P and the like independently.
  • Example 1] to [Example 5] illustrate the case where the console 58 sets the transition mode of the focus displays to the first transition mode or the second transition mode, depending on the operator who executes the processing by using the console 58 (in the case of [Example 1] or [Example 2]), depending on whether the operator who executes the imaging in the imaging room RA is the same person as the operator who executes the confirming processing of the radiographic image P and the like on the console 58 or a different person (in the case of [Example 3] or [Example 4]), or depending on the use mode of the console 58 (in the case of [Example 5]).
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 may be configured, as illustrated in FIG. 16 , to include a management apparatus M connected to the single console 58 or the plurality of consoles 58 via a network N or the like, the management apparatus M setting the transition mode of the focus displays to the first transition mode or the second transition mode depending on the operator who executes the processing by using the console 58, depending on whether the operator executing the imaging in the imaging room RA is the same person as the operator executing the confirming processing of the radiographic image P and the like on the console 58 or a different person, or depending on the use mode of the console 58.
  • the console 58 can inquire to the management apparatus M about which of the first transition mode and the second transition mode the transition mode of the focus displays should be set to, instead of judging about that by itself to set the transition mode of the focus displays to the first transition mode or the second transition mode, and thereby a processing load in the console 58 can be reduced.
  • the management apparatus M in the radiographic image capturing system 50 equipped with the plurality of consoles 58 as illustrated in FIG. 16 , even when the operator using the system and/or the use mode of the console 58 change and thereby it becomes necessary to change the program for setting the transition mode of the focus displays to the first transition mode or the second transition mode, the management apparatus M just have to change only programs stored in the storage member MA thereof, and operations such as installing the changed programs on the consoles 58 are not necessary. Accordingly, there can be obtained effects that the programs are easily and accurately changed.
  • the radiographic image capturing system 50 and/or the console 58 are configured to have, as the transition mode of the focus display in the console 58, the first transition mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT of the radiographic image P or the like are performed concurrently, and the second transition mode in which each of the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT is performed independently, and are also configured such that the transition mode of the focus displays can be switched between the first transition mode and the second transition mode.
  • the radiographic image P can be reliably correlated to the imaging order information, for example, by accurately executing the image quality adjustment to the radiographic image P. Accordingly, it becomes possible to prevent the operator from forgetting to correlate the radiographic image P to the imaging order information, and/or from mistakenly regarding the radiographic image P captured by any of other operators as the radiographic image P captured by the operator himself/herself and performing the confirming process thereof.
  • the transition mode of the focus display in the console 58 the first transition mode, namely, the transition mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I and the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT of the radiographic image P of the like are performed simultaneously.
  • the configuration where the transition mode of the focus display in the console 58 can be switched depending on the judgment by the operator or the like is preferable.
  • a mark or the like indicating that the confirming process and the like have not been performed to the radiographic image P specified by the thumbnail image PT may be displayed, for example, on or in the vicinity of the thumbnail image PT on the screen H2 (see FIG. 12 , etc.) of the console 58.
  • the mark or the like may be composed of characters such as "unconfirmed", or may be displayed as a specific shape and/or color by which the operator can recognized that the radiographic image P is unconfirmed.
  • the icons I and the like sometimes cannot be included within one(1) screen, and extend over next page and/or a subsequent page(s), when the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT (including the case where no thumbnail image PT is displayed and only the space(s) ST is displayed) are displayed on the screen H2 as illustrated in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 .
  • the second transition mode in which the transition of the focus display of the icon I can be executed independently from the transition of the focus display of the thumbnail image PT, and vice versa is set as the transition mode of the focus displays, there may be a case where the focus display of the icon I is performed in a page different from that in which the focus display of the thumbnail image PT is performed.
  • the focus display of the icon I when the focus display of the icon I is performed in a previous/last page of a current page or in a further previous page(s), it is possible to display, as if the focus display is performed, characters such as "PREVIOUS PAGE” and "PAGE BEFORE LAST" while enclosing the characters with a frame, as in the case of the focus display of the icon I, above the uppermost displayed icon I as illustrated in FIG. 17 .
  • the operator can easily and accurately recognize the location of the focus display of the icon I or the thumbnail image PT, and can turn over the page(s) to easily and accurately display the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT, which are being displayed in the focused manner, on the screen H2.
  • buttons icon(s), at any position on the screen H2 for automatically skipping to the page in which the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT are displayed in the focused manner, so that the operator can click the button icon to automatically skip to the page in which the icon I and/or the thumbnail image PT are displayed in the focused manner.
  • the focus display of the thumbnail image PT can be moved to the position of the thumbnail image PT of the latest radiographic image P, or to the position of the space ST in which the thumbnail image PT of the latest radiographic image P is to be displayed when the latest radiographic image P has not been generated, the works would become easy.
  • buttons including characters such as "Move to Latest Radiographic Image" at any position on the screen H2, so that the operator can click the button icon so as to move the focus display to the position of the thumbnail image PT of the latest radiographic image P and/or to the position of the space ST in which the thumbnail image PT is to be displayed.
  • the configuration where the content of the icon I, which is currently displayed in the focused manner, is displayed at any position on the screen H2 may be adopted. This does not disappear and is always displayed even when the page(s) is turned over.
  • the displayed content changes to the content of the icon I, to which the focus display has moved, every time the focus display of the icon I moves.
  • the operator can easily and surely recognize that the imaging has been performed and the confirming process and the like of the radiographic image P has come to be executable (or will become executable soon) by looking at the preview image P_PRE and/or the radiographic image P displayed in the part of the screen H2.
  • the operator such as the radiologist can substantially judge success and failure of the imaging (i.e. necessity of retake; the same shall apply hereinafter) when glancing at the preview image P_PRE displayed in the display working space S having a large region.
  • the operator can judge/predict whether the radiographic image P can be confirmed, without adjustment, by the predetermined image processing, or can be confirmed by partially changing (i.e. executing the image quality adjustment) a parameter(s) of the predetermined image processing.
  • the operator such as the radiologist can judge the success and failure of the imaging with accuracy by looking at the large image.
  • Such configuration is effective, for example, in a situation that in an operation mode where one(1) operator confirms the images captured by a plurality of operators, the operator who confirms the images wishes to prioritize early judgment/prediction about the successively-produced preview images P_PRE and to postpone the confirming processing of the radiographic images P corresponding to these preview images P_PRE.
  • thumbnail image PT produced from the preview image P_PRE is displayed in the space ST at the same time as the display of one(1) preview image P_PRE in the display working space S, and when a time (e.g. a few seconds) necessary for the judgment and/or prediction by the operator such as the radiologist has passed since the preview image P_PRE is displayed in the display working space S, the focus display of the thumbnail image PT moves to the next position.
  • a time e.g. a few seconds
  • the console 58 automatically starts the processing of each of the radiographic images P, and subsequently the radiographic image P is subjected to the confirming process. It is needless to say that which of the processes is performed depends on ability of processing of the CPU of the console 58 or the like.
  • the console 58 informs the operator of the fact that the radiographic image P is going to be transmitted in the unconfirmed state by a sound, message, or the like.
  • the image confirming process in place of the image confirming process, it is possible to perform the processing up to the above-described judgment/prediction about the preview image P_PRE and stop the processing, and when the preview image P_PRE is approved, to move the focus display to the icon I corresponding to the next imaging and/or the space ST. Also in this case, similarly to the above, the image confirming processes of all the radiographic images P are performed at once at the end.

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